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Wow. Thanks Owen. I was excited when I found one of the cables had a grease fitting on it. It seemed to help a lot for a while. Lost motion may well be my problem. I stood there at lunch today and stared at the problem for a while... I am thinking a couple of ropes - one running up so I can raise and another running down so I can lower - should be possible. That way I can be under the truck and move the lever in both directions. Maybe I can try that soon. This weekend is supposed to bring rain here so it may be a couple of days before I can report back.View attachment 821148View attachment 821149
Old cable in first pic. New cable installed before bolting in truck. I believe they put the cable in the jacket first and then swage on both end fittings afterwards. The second pic is how the cable attaches to the cab ebrake handle.
THANKS for the idea! Thinking about it, I remember "lost motion" problems with throttle cables on boom trucks. Getting it tied down correctly solved those. Maybe it will fix this too - and for all I know - when I do that I may find that the jacket and cable are frozen. My M936 came out of Ohio, and I imagine they have TDG (Truck Destroyer, Granular) too